Special section on:
“Control and Grid Integration of MW-Range Wind and Solar Energy Conversion Systems” The Theme: The increasing penetration of electrical energy from intermittent sources, particularly wind and solar energy can affect power system stability, especially in the case of weak grids. Several countries have modified their grid codes to address this problem and nowadays it is expected that renewable energy sources of intermittent nature, e.g. wind energy conversion systems, should remain temporarily connected during typical faults to avoid compromising the stability of the entire power system. Moreover in some grid codes it is suggested or mandatory that intermittent energy conversion systems should provide ancillary services, e.g. frequency and voltage regulation using droop control, synthetic inertia emulation, etc. The rated power of Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) has been steadily increasing and is currently approaching 10MW. For this new generation of high power WECSs, new power converter designs with high power densities are required. It is also important to develop control systems for the successful grid integration of these new large WECSs. Intermittent power sources may also be installed in locations where grid integration faces additional challenges such as when the power conversion stage is moved off-shore for instance. In addition to efficiency and reliability, size and weight will be important because expensive infrastructure is required to support the components required for off-shore power conversion. Other important issues are the selection of the topology for grid collection, e.g. parallel vs. series and the methodology/control system for the transmission of energy. In the last ten years considerable research effort has been put into the field of grid integration of intermittent energy sources, mainly wind energy systems and PV systems. The main objective of this Special Section dedicated to the Control and Grid Integration of MW-Range Wind and Solar Energy Conversion Systems is to highlight the latest advances in this field. Topics of interest of this Special Section include, but are not limited to: Power electronic and control methods to connect large Multi-MW Novel power electronic topologies for grid integration of wind WECs to the electrical system providing ancillary services. For turbines, wind farms and photovoltaic systems. Including but not instance droop control, synthetic inertia emulation, power smoothing limited to: active NPC converters, power converters with flying schemes, active filtering, etc. capacitors, modular multilevel converters, etc. Power electronic, control and hardware topologies for grid collection Novel control systems and power electronic topologies required to and energy transmission from off-shore power conversion systems. provide fault ride-through capability to wind and solar energy conversion systems. Design and control of high power to volume ratio and/or high power to weight ratio power converters for wind and solar energy applications.
Manuscript Preparation and Submission Follow the guidelines in “Information for Authors” in the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics http://tie.ieee-ies.org. Please submit your manuscript in electronic form through Manuscript Central web site: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tie-ieee. On the submitting page #1 in popup menu of manuscript type, select Control and Grid Integration of MW-Range Wind and Solar Energy Conversion Systems. Papers with experimental validation will be preferred.
Guest Editors Corresponding Guest Editor Roberto Cárdenas
Guest Editor Jon Clare
Guest Editor Marcelo Pérez
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, University of Chile, Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, Chile, Tel: + 56 2 978 4203, Fax +56 2 6720162, email:
[email protected].
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Park, NG7, 2RD, Tel +0115 951 5356, Fax +0115 951 5616, email:
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Department of Electronic Engineering, Santa María Technical University, Avenida España 1680, Valparaíso, Tel. +56 32 2654761, Fax +56 32 2654191, email:
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Timetable Deadline for manuscript submissions
May the 31th, 2016
Information about manuscript acceptance Estimated publication date
September 2016 December 2016
Editor in Chief: Prof. Leopoldo Garcia Franquelo, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain, email:
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